Michael86
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I've recently been reading about the German Field Marshall Walther Model and must say I would regard him as the best Soldier of the Wehrmacht. He was reknowned for his defensive capabilities holding vast areas of the line against a numerically superior enemy.
I was amazed to read that in the final months of the war when encircled by the US 1st and 9th Armies he held out against them for 17 days untill depleting the last of his ammunition reserves. He then gathered his staff to dissolve his command and said
'Has everything been done to justify our actions in the light of history? What can there be left for a commander in defeat?'
Rather than be captured by the enemy he commited suicide.
A true Soldier to the end unlike some of the cowards that served in the higher ranks of the Wehrmacht.
I was amazed to read that in the final months of the war when encircled by the US 1st and 9th Armies he held out against them for 17 days untill depleting the last of his ammunition reserves. He then gathered his staff to dissolve his command and said
'Has everything been done to justify our actions in the light of history? What can there be left for a commander in defeat?'
Rather than be captured by the enemy he commited suicide.
A true Soldier to the end unlike some of the cowards that served in the higher ranks of the Wehrmacht.